Comment: Apple's Spring Loaded Event – The Good the Bad... And Almost No Ugly

Apple has set itself the ambitious goal of doubling its current ad-revenue from the App Store. Of course, new advertising spaces are required to meet this demand – and some of them could be found in Apple Maps.

There are barely two and a half weeks left before the next Apple event and only three weeks left until the release of iOS 16. However, iPadOS seems to have been considerably delayed – and according to Mark Gurman, a release may not even occur until after macOS Ventura comes out.

A new launcher is experiencing a boom and countless users are transforming their Android landscape into one more reminiscent of iOS 16, including app icons. The copy is almost deceptively similar to the original – and even offers some additional features.

The next Apple event is set to take place in two and a half weeks – although this won't mark the end of the excitement. The upcoming event should mark the announcement of several products, with several exciting follow-ups in October and November. We'll summarize the rest in the remainder of this article.

Virtual Private Networks have become more popular over the years – particularly in the era of the home office; They're frequently used to establish a safe connection between home offices and company networks. On iOS, however, the function still has several significant gaps – which Apple has known about for years, according to security experts.

The Apple Card is celebrating its third birthday in The United States this month. Despite statements from Apple that the card was soon to make its way over to other countries, the situation has become relatively quiet. It's likely to still take some time until we see the card in other countries.

When an M1 Mac starts failing and a backup isn't already present, the situation becomes complicated. The SSD can't simply be swapped into another device. Even the correct desoldering technique woulnd't allow for decryption of the data. Now, DriveSavers offers a solution capable of saving completely defective boards.

Anyone who has bought a Mac in recent years certainly hasn't received an optical drive with their device. The DVD has long since lost most of its relevance – and the significantly older CD too. 40 years have passed since the introduction of the first CDs. We'll take a brief look at the storage relict's history.

According to multiple reports, the next version of the basic iPad should differ considerably from past models. One more report even mentions fundamental design changes, which could be realized current in just a few weeks.

According to a new report, Apple and Facebook negotiated between 2016 and 2018 concerning an ad-free subscription model for the social network. However, both parties failed to come to an agreement concerning this and other matters.

Apple is moving into its quick pre-release cycle: Just one week after releasing the fifth set of betas for its upcoming operating systems, sixth versions of the developer betas are now available for download via the Apple Developer Connection.

Currently, the Israeli Police finds itself forced to justify its usage of espionage software, and during the process, several screenshots of the government's infamous "Pegasus" spyware have come to light – showing how calls and mics are compromised.

Solid state drives have become the industry standard in more than just Macs and iDevices – and for a very good reason: They're much faster and more energy efficient than standard hard drives, although they come with one major downside – flash-memory is much more damaging to the enviornment, according to scientists.

The M1 Mac mini has been on the market for almost two years now – and many users are already hoping for a more powerful configuration with an M1 Pro. Mark Gurman from Bloomberg reports that Apple is planning for a Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro.

Apple just recently announced the expansion of its advertising spaces on the App Store. Soon, developers will be able to advertise in the "Today" tab of the App Store. Additionally, recent job openings posts reveal the Californian company's intentions of expanding its business back into advertising.

Similarly to many other large companies with presence online, Apple possesses its own IPv4 address space. For a few hours at the end of last month, however, the Californian company found itself no longer master of its own platform as a Russian provider rerouted traffic from Apple's servers to its own.

For over 10 years now, Amazon has offered end users a cloud service for online data storage – however, the company just announced that Amazon Drive is soon to become history. There are not currently any plans for an immediate successor.

Although there was a definite wait on the fourth beta of iOS 16 and macOS 13 Ventura, there are countless adaptations and changes to the operating systems now that the fourth beta is out. Additionally, there is a new "Communication Safety" entry in some European countries such as Germany.

In a rather unusual manner, Apple seems to have axed the release of an already finished Mac. The Mac Pro M1 was apparently ready for the market, but Apple refrained from launching the product for tactical reasons.

As far as the current Mac lineup (apart from the Mac Pro) is concerned, Apple has indeed swapped out Intel processors in favor of its own chips – however, the MacBook Air M2 is the first truly Intel-free Mac.

For security reasons, especially for those in certain fields – it's recommended to only enable regularly used functions, and only when necessary. This rule goes for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth – although Apple sees things differently and seems set on turning the latter back on.